Implementation structure

The Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem (GTIE) platform designed to "nurture University Startups that can change the world" is hosted by the University of Tokyo, Institute of Science Tokyo, Waseda University and other organizations. GTIE supports the approaches made by the Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium established in January 2020.

GTIE aims to form startup ecosystems in the Greater Tokyo in cooperation with universities, local governments, venture capital, corporate venture capital, accelerators, and private companies in the Metropolitan area. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plays the role of managing local government in cooperation with a joint organization composed of 14 universities and supporting agencies for university-originated startups, and cooperative organizations composed of universities, and other local governments.

Host Organizations / Program Representatives

Someya Takao Ph.D. (Engineering)
Executive Director and Vice President, The University of Tokyo
Since April 2009, he has been a Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. In April 2015, he became a chief Scientist at RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research). From April 2020 to March 2023, he served as the Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. As of April 2023, he assumed the role of Executive Director and Vice President of the University of Tokyo, a position he currently holds. He received the 16th Leo Esaki Prize and the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2019.
Wakao Shinji Ph.D. (Engineering)
Vice-President, Office of the President, Waseda University
coming soon
Furukawa Tetsushi Ph.D. (Medicine)
Executive Vice President for Research and Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Institute of Science Tokyo
He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University in 1983 and earned his PhD in medicine from TMDU in 1989. He served as a research assistant professor in the Department of Cardiology at the University of Miami, USA from 1989 to 1990. Upon returning to Japan, he served as an associate professor at Akita University from 1999 to 2003. In 2003, Furukawa returned to TMDU as a professor at the Medical Research Institute, where he served until 2023. He held several leadership roles during this period, including executive director and vice president of TMDU.

Host Organizations / Program Head of Directors / Program Co-Director

Program Head of Directors
Tsujimoto Masaharu Ph.D.
(Public Policy Briefing & Debate)
Associate Director of Innovation Design Platform, Institute of Science Tokyo/ Professor, School of Environment and Society
After serving at the University of Tokyo, Shibaura Institute of Technology, and Hosei University, he joined Institute of Science Tokyo in 2010. To date, he has served as a Guest Professor at Nagoya University, Guest Professor at Hamburg University of Technology (2014-2015), Guest Researcher at ETH Zurich (2017 and 2019). Received the 2011 Tokyo Tech Challenging Research Award.
Program Head of Directors
Takahashi Hiroyuki Ph.D.
(Engineering)
Project Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Executive Vice President, Kumamoto University

March 1987: Master of Engineering, The University of Tokyo January 1989: Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo October 1993: Lecturer, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo October 1996: Associate Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo April 2005: Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo January 2016: Professor, Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo November 2017-March 2026: Special Advisor to the President, The University of Tokyo April 2022- March 2026: Director, Nano-system Integration Center, The University of Tokyo April 2023- March 2026: Director, Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, The University of Tokyo February 2025- March 2026: Director, Transport Innovation Centre, The University of Tokyo Research area: Radiation Detection and Measurements: Sensor, Signal processing, System development Membership: IEEE, IEEJ, IEICE, AESJ, JSAP
Program Head of Directors
Ishii Hiroyuki Ph.D. (Engineering)
Director of Center for Entrepreneurship, Waseda University
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Host Organizations / Deputy Program Director

Mashio Kiyoko
Specially Appointed Professor / Associate Director - General Innovation Design Platform, Institute of Science Tokyo
Hirata Mikito
Project Senior Specialists and Director, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo

Host Organizations / Principal

Joint Organizations

Program Representatives of Joint Partners

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Nakauchi Yasushi
　(Vice President (Industry-Academia Collaboration), Director of International Industry-Academia Collaboration, Tsukuba University)
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Hiroaki Ozawa
　(Director of Entrepreneurship Center, Chiba University)
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Itakura Yasuhiro
　(Specially Appointed Director, Director of Research Management Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
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Cho Ki-Cheol
　(Director/Vice President (Educational Reform) , Ochanomizu University)
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Otani Yasuo
　(Chairman of the Board, Kanagawa University of Human Services)
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Shikata Junji
　(Professor and Vice President (Research and Information), Yokohama National University)
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Ogawa Takehiko
　(Specially Appointed Vice President, Yokohama City University)
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Saiki Toshiharu
　(Executive Director (Research, Entrepreneurship Education & Support) , Keio University)
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Hotta Takashi
　(Position: Vice President (Research) and Director of Comprehensive Research Promotion Organization, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
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Nishikawa Hiroyuki
　(Executive Director (Research Promotion, Industry-Academia-Government-Citizen Collaboration & Open Innovation), Shibaura Institute of Technology)
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Tamura Koji
　(Vice President/Director of Research Promotion Organizationm, Tokyo University of Science)
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Nishikawa Yoko
　(Position: Vice President (Educational Management) and Director of Student Success Center, Ibaraki University)
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Akahori Masayuki
　(Position: Vice President for Academic Research, Sophia University)
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Hatano Shinji
　(Vice President (Research) / Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Tokai University)
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Kunimatsu Maki
　(Faculty of International Management, Professor, Chuo University)
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Nomura Yukio
　(Head of Department, Exective Director, SHIBUYA Squamble Square(SHIBUYA QWS) )
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Kano Hiroyuki
　(Counselor, General Incorporated Association LINK-J)
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Umezawa Takaaki
　(Chairman, CIC Japan Innovation Services LLC)

Program Co-Director

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Igarashi Hiroya
　(Specially Appointed Professor, Headquarters for International Industry-University Collaboration, University of Tsukuba)
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Katagiri Daisuke
　(Project Manager, Entrepreneurship Center, Chiba University)
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Kondo Toshiyuki
　(Vice President, Deputy Director of Research Management Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
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Ohta Yuji
　(Assistant to the President (Entrepreneurship Development) , Ochanomizu University)
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Chung Ung-il
　(Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa University of Human Services/ Dean, School of Health Innovation)
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Manabe Seiji
　(Graduate School of International Social Sciences (Faculty of Management) Professor, Yokohama National University)
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Ito Tomoaki
　(School of International Integrated Sciences, Associate Professor, Yokohama City University)
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Shindo Nobuaki
　(Startup Division, Innovation Promotion Headquarters, Division Head/Specially Appointed Professor, Keio University)
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Yang Ming
　(Assistant to the President and Assistant Director of the Research Promotion Organization, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
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Kose Toshihiro
　(Interdisciplinary Industry-Academia-Government-Citizen Collaboration Promotion Headquarters, Deputy Director, Shibaura Institute of Technology)
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Soga Kohei
　(Director of Industry-Academia Collaboration Organization, Tokyo University of Science )
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Manaka Kensuke
　(Educational Innovation Organization, Lecturer, Ibaraki University)
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Kanzawa Nobuyuki
　(Vice President for Social Collaboration, Sophia University )
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Nakajima Takashi
　(Head of President's Office, Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Tokai University )
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Kunimatsu Maki
　(Vice President, Professor, Faculty of International Management, Chuo University)
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Shintaro Ise
　(Section Chief (SHIBUYA QWS Director), Shibuya Scramble Square)
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Kano Hiroyuki
　(Counselor, General Incorporated Association LINK-J)
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Ayano Kagami Ayano
　(Director, CIC Japan Innovation Services LLC)